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Austria · National Council · 27 May 2019
Antrag der Abgeordneten Daniela Holzinger-Vogtenhuber, BA, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend ein Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Bundesgesetz über den Schutz der Tiere (Tierschutzgesetz – TSchG) geändert wird
Austria · National Council · 27 May 2019
Antrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Alfred J. Noll, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend ein Bundesverfassungsgesetz, mit dem das Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz (B-VG) geändert wird
Austria · National Council · 27 May 2019
Antrag der Abgeordneten Mag. Bruno Rossmann, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend ein Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Bundesgesetz über die Führung des Bundeshaushaltes (Bundeshaushaltsgesetz 2013 – BHG 2013) geändert wird
Austria · National Council · 27 May 2019
Antrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Alfred J. Noll, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend ein Bundesverfassungsgesetz zum Schutz der Trinkwasserversorgung
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 27 May 2019
Reactie op verzoek commissie om een reactie op het bericht dat de Nederlandse milieueffectbeoordelingswetgeving niet voldoet aan de Europese eisen
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 May 2019
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 May 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his timescale is for the publication of the Green Finance Strategy.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 2019
This bill allows—for one year—states to transfer amounts from their clean water state revolving fund to their drinking water state revolving fund in order to address a threat to public health as a result of heightened exposure to lead in drinking water.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 2019
Shipping and Environmental Arctic Leadership Act or the SEAL Act This bill creates the Arctic Seaway Development Corporation to provide services related to safety and environmental protection and response in the Arctic region, including to (1) construct deep water port facilities in the Arctic necessary to manage and facilitate increased marine traffic; (2) maintain a relationship with east and west coast ports serving Arctic trade; (3) collect voluntary maritime shipping fees from vessels operating in the Arctic; and (4) establish strong ties among U.S. residents of the Arctic region, Arctic shippers, and the maritime insurance industry.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 2019
Quiet Communities Act of 2019 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to reestablish an Office of Noise Abatement and Control to promote the development of local noise control programs, carry out research, and develop and disseminate educational materials, among other duties.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 2019
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 This bill provides FY2020 appropriations for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civil works projects, the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, the Department of Energy (DOE), and independent agencies such as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The bill provides appropriations for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civil works projects, including for Investigations, Construction, Mississippi River and Tributaries, Operation and Maintenance, the Regulatory Program, the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program, Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies, Expenses, and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works. The bill provides appropriations to the Department of the Interior for the Central Utah Project and the Bureau of Reclamation. The bill provides appropriations to DOE for Energy Programs, including Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response; Electricity; Nuclear Energy; Fossil Energy Research and Development; Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves; the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve; the Energy Information Administration; Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup; the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund; Science; the Advanced Research Projects Agency--Energy; the Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program; the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program; the Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program; the Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs; Departmental Administration; and the Office of the Inspector General. The bill also provides appropriations to DOE for Atomic Energy Defense Activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration, Environmental and Other Defense Activities, and the Power Marketing Administrations. The bill provides appropriations to several independent agencies, including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The bill sets forth permissible and prohibited uses for funds provided by this and other appropriations Acts.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 2019
Service Member's Occupational and Environmental Transparency Health Act or the OATH Act This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to (1) record service members' exposure to occupational and environmental health hazards while deployed overseas, and (2) make such information available for post-deployment medical examinations and health reassessments. DOD and the Department of Veterans Affairs must update electronic health records with information from the Burn Pit Registry (i.e., a registry designed to track certain airborne hazards). The Government Accountability Office must submit a report evaluating implementation of the above requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 2019
This bill modifies the criminal law enforcement authority of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Specifically, it removes the statutory authority for a criminal law enforcement officer of the EPA to carry firearms. Additionally, an EPA law enforcement officer must notify state and local law enforcement agencies before executing and serving a warrant.
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 23 May 2019
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 23 May 2019
United States · United States Senate · 22 May 2019
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 2019
Clean Commute for Kids Act of 2019 This bill reauthorizes through FY2025 the Clean School Bus Program, including to authorize the Environmental Protection Agency to award grants for up to 60% of the replacement costs of acquiring clean school buses and charging and fueling infrastructure.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 2019
Extinction Prevention Act of 2019 This bill requires the Department of the Interior to provide financial assistance for the conservation of butterflies and moths in North America; plant species in Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands; freshwater mussels in the United States; and bony fish found in desert ecosystems in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. Among other things, the bill establishes the North America Butterfly Conservation Fund, the Pacific Islands Plant Conservation Fund, the Freshwater Mussels Conservation Fund, and the Southwest Desert Fish Conservation Fund. In selecting projects for assistance, Interior must prioritize projects that conserve threatened and endangered species.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 2019
This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Green New Deal violates Americans' right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; would destroy the economy and social fabric of the United States; and contains many proposals that have no connection to climate change.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 2019
This bill revises the renewable fuel program to allow the use of additional types of biomass materials in making renewable fuel. Specifically, the bill allows renewable fuel to be made from (1) secondary, residual materials generated from forest products manufacturing (e.g., sawdust or wood chips); or (2) certain biomass materials obtained from federal land.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 2019
Contaminant and Lead Electronic Accounting and Reporting Requirements (CLEARR) for Drinking Water Act of 2019 This bill generally revises provisions related to drinking water quality standards. Specifically, the bill provides for additional inspections of a public water system after certain standards violations; requires notification to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local health agencies of serious standards violations; reauthorizes through FY2024 a grant program to assist the public water systems of disadvantaged and underserved communities to comply with drinking water requirements; and allows for grants to community organizations that provide education to minority, tribal, and low-income communities regarding drinking water contaminants.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 2019
Local Water Protection Act This bill extends programs within the Environmental Protection Agency that award grants to states for managing nonpoint source water pollution or protecting groundwater quality. Water pollution from nonpoint sources is caused by precipitation picking up pollution as it moves over or through the ground.
United States · United States House of Representatives · 21 May 2019
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 May 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has to continue to fund environmental (a) research and (b) policy-making on the Falkland Islands after the UK leaves the EU.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 2019
Superfund Enhancement Act of 2019 This bill reinstates and increases the Hazardous Substance Superfund financing rate from 9.7 cents to 15.8 cents and allows certain small businesses to expense up to $10,000 of the costs of relocating a trade or business carried on in a location on or near a site proposed for inclusion on the national priorities list under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980. The bill directs the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make disaster loans to small business concerns whose principal place of business is located on a Superfund site and authorizes the SBA to make economic injury loans to such business concerns. The bill also modifies the definition of crude oil for excise tax purposes.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 May 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many officials in his Department have been seconded away from their normal duties to work on the UK's withdrawal from the EU; and what effect that secondment of staff has had on th
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 May 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to introduce the Environment Bill; and if he will make a statement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 May 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2019 to Question 237159 on Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Secondment, how many staff have been seconded to his Department from th
Germany · German Bundestag · 17 May 2019
Germany · German Bundestag · 17 May 2019
Austria · National Council · 16 May 2019
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Michael Bernhard, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Nachhaltigkeit und Tourismus betreffend CO2-Reduktion durch bisherige Maßnahmen der Bundesregierung
Austria · National Council · 16 May 2019
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Michael Bernhard, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundeskanzler betreffend CO2-Reduktion durch bisherige Maßnahmen der Bundesregierung
Austria · National Council · 16 May 2019
Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Mag. (FH) Maximilian Unterrainer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend keine weitere GAP mit Glyphosat und Chlorpyrifos!
Austria · National Council · 16 May 2019
Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Ing. Maurice Androsch, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend deutliche Reduktion von Tiertransporten durch klugen Mitteleinsatz der GAP
Austria · National Council · 16 May 2019
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Michael Bernhard, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Nachhaltigkeit und Tourismus betreffend illegale Greifvogelverfolgung
Austria · National Council · 16 May 2019
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Renate Gruber, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie betreffend umweltfreundliche Donauschifffahrt
Austria · National Council · 16 May 2019
Antrag der Abgeordneten Mag. Bruno Rossmann, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend AKW Chmelnyzkyj in der Ukraine
Austria · National Council · 16 May 2019
Antrag der Abgeordneten Ing. Maurice Androsch, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Entzug der Zulassung von Transportunternehmen für Tiertransporte
Austria · National Council · 16 May 2019
Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Cornelia Ecker, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Erreichung einer Bio-Wende durch die GAP
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 2019
Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act of 2019 This bill provides for the conservation and restoration of habitats that facilitate the movement of certain native or noninvasive species (e.g., fish, wildlife, or plant species) that may be at risk due to habitat loss or fragmentation. The bill establishes a National Wildlife Corridor System and provides for the designation and management of such corridors on federal land and water. A corridor means a feature of the landscape or seascape that (1) provides habitat or ecological connectivity, and (2) allows for movement or dispersal of native or noninvasive fish, wildlife, or plants. Indian tribes may nominate a corridor within their land to be included in a Tribal Wildlife Corridor. In addition, the bill establishes a Wildlife Corridors Stewardship Fund to receive donations for the management and protection of the corridors. It also establishes a wildlife movements grant program to encourage the passage of fish, wildlife, or plant species across a landscape or seascape. The National Coordination Committee, established by this bill, must recommend projects to fund under the grant program. The committee must also develop standards for regional wildlife movement plans to allow for better cross-regional collaboration. No fewer than four regional wildlife movement councils must be established. Among other things, the councils must submit to the committee regional wildlife movement plans as well as lists of funding priorities. Finally, the U.S. Geological Survey must establish a National Wildlife Corridors Database.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 2019
PFAS Release Disclosure Act This bill requires specified perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly known as PFAS, to be immediately included in the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). These substances are man-made and may have adverse human health effects. A variety of products contain the compounds, such as nonstick cookware or weatherproof clothing. PFAS that are being assessed for toxicity value, subject to the significant new use rule, or subject to an ongoing or future significant new use rule must be added to the TRI after finalization of the relevant assessment. The bill also implements a 100-pound threshold for purposes of reporting such PFAS that are included in the TRI. The EPA must determine whether a revision of the threshold is warranted in five years. The EPA must determine within two years whether specified PFAS, such as perfluorobutanesulfonic acid, warrant inclusion in the TRI. With regard to PFAS that are subject to a claim of a person of protection from disclosure, the EPA must review that claim and require the person to reassert and substantiate that claim. If the substance qualifies for protection from disclosure, the EPA must include the substance in the TRI in a manner that does not disclose the protected information. Owners or operators of facilities that manufacture, process, or use a PFAS included in the TRI per this bill must complete a toxic chemical release form for each chemical that was manufactured, processed, or otherwise used at certain thresholds.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 2019
PFAS Monitoring Act of 2019 This bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to test public water systems for certain perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water. These substances are man-made and may have adverse human health effects. A variety of products contain the compounds, such as nonstick cookware or weatherproof clothing. Initially, the EPA must monitor for at least 30 PFAS. Within two years, the EPA must validate one or more test methods for monitoring the total amount of all PFAS.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 2019
Civilian Property Realignment Act of 2019 or CPRA This bill directs the Public Buildings Reform Board to identify a total savings to the federal government of at least $9 billion from the disposal of surplus federal civilian real properties. The bill removes the maximum limit on the fair market value of the properties to be identified by the board. The list of the properties identified for disposal shall be submitted to the President and Congress (currently, the Office of Management and Budget [OMB] and Congress) as board recommendations and subject to the approval process under the Act. The General Services Administration shall continue to initiate the sale of federal civilian real properties, but in accordance with environmental considerations. The bill transfers the responsibilities of the OMB to the President and requires submission to the President of the two separate reports on the board's findings, conclusions, and recommendations. The bill increases the maximum limit on the total value of transactions that may be contained in such reports. The bill establishes a process for the review of the board's recommendations by the President and Congress. The bill exempts properties included in the recommendations for disposal or realignment from certain public benefit conveyance requirements, including the McKinney-Vento Act (requiring surplus property to be used to assist the homeless). The bill limits the authority of certain executive agencies to lease space for the purposes of a public building.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 2019
Rebuild America Now Act This bill generally expedites the environmental review and permitting process of certain infrastructure projects and projects undertaken or funded by the federal government that could have significant environmental consequences.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 2019
Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act of 2019 This bill provides for the conservation and restoration of habitats that facilitate the movement of certain native or noninvasive species (e.g., fish, wildlife, or plant species) that may be at risk due to habitat loss or fragmentation. The bill establishes a National Wildlife Corridor System and provides for the designation and management of such corridors on federal land and water. A corridor means a feature of the landscape or seascape that (1) provides habitat or ecological connectivity, and (2) allows for movement or dispersal of native or noninvasive fish, wildlife, or plants. Indian tribes may nominate a corridor within their land to be included in a Tribal Wildlife Corridor. In addition, the bill establishes a Wildlife Corridors Stewardship Fund to receive donations for the management and protection of the corridors. It also establishes a wildlife movements grant program to encourage the passage of fish, wildlife, or plant species across a landscape or seascape. The National Coordination Committee, established by this bill, must recommend projects to fund under the grant program. The committee must also develop standards for regional wildlife movement plans to allow for better cross-regional collaboration. No fewer than four regional wildlife movement councils must be established. Among other things, the councils must submit to the committee regional wildlife movement plans as well as lists of funding priorities. Finally, the U.S. Geological Survey must establish a National Wildlife Corridors Database.
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 16 May 2019
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 16 May 2019
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 16 May 2019
Motie van het lid Wassenberg c.s. over het niet-verlenen van een lozingsvergunning voor PFOA
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 16 May 2019
Motie van het lid Van Eijs over mogelijke juridische opties om de vergunning niet te verlenen
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 16 May 2019
Motie van het lid Wassenberg c.s. over het niet-verlenen van een lozingsvergunning voor GenX